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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When
not showing up for near riots and prepping for the 2012 Olympics, a
favorite media pastime is debating/determining the status of the
occupy movement. Duke University Law professor Kyle Scott weighs in
with his own take, chiding occupiers for not running a slate.
</span></span><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/19295382/article-Whither-the-Occupy-movement-"><i><b>Heraldsun.com</b></i></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;"><i><b>The clamoring
for specifics can be translated as “the development of a political
party apparatus.” Meanwhile, the industriousness of groups like
<a href="http://www.occupythesec.org/">Occupy the SEC,</a> who have
made concrete proposals for reform, is overlooked. </b></i>
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The main locus of occupy activities revolves around supporting
victims of foreclosure (as well as the homeless), in addition to
challenging student loans which admittedly many occupiers hold (or
are held down by).
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;"><i><b>With the
added brouhaha over <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/15/libor-scandal-probe_n_1675131.html">LIBOR</a>, JP Morgan trades, and the recent
documentation of <a href="http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Wells_Fargo_Gets_Away_with_175_Million_Dollar_Penalty_for_Racist_Lending_Practices_120716">Wells
Fargo racist lending policies</a>, just call it Round 2 : Occupy vs.
the Banks. Debt in particular emerges as an overall issue, binding
over-worked Americans already weary of bailed-out <a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/storysupplement/ceopay/">bank
execs enjoying jumbo pay packages</a> while strangling the economy
and imposing punitive conditions on the 99%. </b></i>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As
such, marchers in Washington Park stage “</span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Night
of the Living Debt</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,”
complete with a &quot;debtors die-in.” The group are recent
graduates of the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>OWS
Summer Disobedience School</b></span><i><b>
<a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/12523271">Democracticunderground.com</a></b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Add children's chalk to the growing
list of domestic threats. <a href="http://occupylosangeles.org/"><b>Occupy
LA</b></a>, sets out for a jaunt during the city's “ArtWalk”
bumps into cops who respond flailing nightsticks, and firing rubber
bullets, and bean bags. The Occupiers were out to support “chalk
walk.” And defy cops for “12 arrests the past 6 weeks for
children's sidewalk chalk.” Cops are said to arrest 17 total before
going on “tactical alert.” The police do these things “for the
safety of these people” (meaning the protesters) says on the spot
reporter Robert Kovacik, who is made to stand 40 feet back, along
with the rest of the media. Images and video of<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
police brandishing guns along with wounded walkers at
</span></span><a href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LAPD-Downtown-Los-Angeles-Crowd-Fifth-5-Street-Spring-Street-162311636.html"><i><b>nbclosangeles.com</b></i></a><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Demonstrators throw bottles and
cans at officers. Some people in the crowd tell fellow protesters to
remain peaceful. <a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/13/12716864-riot-police-occupy-protesters-clash-in-los-angeles">Msnbc.com</a></b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another
habit for media is to mention, usually in closing, the costs
associated with quashing Occupy. For example, </span></span><i><b>nbclosangeles</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
lets its readers know </span></span>The LA city council <a href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Occupy-Los-Angeles-Costs-151028975.html" target="_blank">estimates
the costs related to Occupy LA</a> could reach $5 million for
policing, cleanup, etc.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Can an enterprising reader please <a href="mailto:press@unionwebservices.com?subject=Update%20Inquiry">email
</a>a tally of the costs <i>that led to</i> <i>the Occupation</i>.
Even the costs from the last week would be a good start. In other
words, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/new-york-fed-libor-documents_n_1671524.html?utm_campaign=071312&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Alert-business&amp;utm_content=FullStory">LIBOR
costs $450 million</a>, Wells Fargo costs $175M, investors defrauded
over 20 years Peregrine suicide commando Russell Wasendorf Sr. - you
get the idea. These are of course “settlement amounts” incurred
by private companies, not tax-payer money. How much though is spent
tracking and prosecuting such malfeasance. Probably not nearly
enough. Leave the human cost of lost jobs and foreclosed homes, the
ruined lives /families living out of cars stuff to one side
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-sharp-sudden-decline-of-americas-middle-class-20120622"><i><b>rollingstone.com</b></i></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
put a human face on the suffering, writing eloquently about “the
tragic reversal of fortune experienced by millions who once had good
lives and steady jobs, now gone.” <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10313-banksters-take-us-to-the-brink">truthout</a></b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Drawing the contrast with the
rest of us : Occupy protesters crash the party of Media Execs at Sun
Valley, putting up a White Collar Crime Scene tape to call attention
to 1% misdeeds. The protesters are quickly cleared out by the cops.
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sun-valley-occupy-wall-street-11325">Hollywood
Reporter</a></b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For
lighter fare, Alan Feuer takes a peek at Brooklyn-based “Occupy the
Camp,” where at a redbrick former schoolhouse on Maujer Street in
Williamsburg, OWSers </span></span>Justin Wedes and Rodney Deas ( the
purported inspiration for “Radio Raheem” in Spike Lee's “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing#Plot">Do
The Right Thing</a>” - see video, above) <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
mornings feature educational activities such as math and reading and
the afternoons feature leaf-tracing.</span></span></p>
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<i><b>Occupy Tech Ops tweaks old computers and hooks up the Ethernet
connection, and an Occupy artist had silk-screened 20 T-shirts (with
a book-and-raised-fist logo) to serve as camp uniforms.</b></i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/nyregion/and-now-occupy-the-summer-camp.html?pagewanted=all"><i><b>NY
Times</b></i></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Cities :</b></i></p>
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<b>Occupy Delaware</b> celebrates a victory as ACLU attorney Richard
Morse negotiates a settlement with the City of Wilmington that
upholds the groups right to stay in Spencer Plaza, until September,
when they'll abandon the plaza for renovations. Speaking of tabs, the
group says that the city's runs close to half a million in dollars
wasted trying to evict the group.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
group's statement says “</span></span>calls upon the City to 'use
the money that it would have spent on continuing legal action against
Occupy Delaware to instead provide direct grants to local
non-profits, especially those dealing with homelessness and evictions
and those addressing compassionately and wisely the epidemics of drug
addiction and violent crime.'” <a href="http://www.occupyde.org/2012/07/occupy-delaware-claims-first-amendment-victory-in-settlement-with-city/"><i><b>occupy.de.org</b></i></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Occupy Santa Cruz stage a “tent
mob,” moving locations several times, opening the tents to the
public, distributing literature, and answering questions from the
public.</b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Occupation Lite may become the
new flavor as groups aim to continue activity while confounding
authorities and de-escalating needless confrontation. <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/13/18717453.php">Inbybay.org</a></b></i></p>
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Occupy Groups work locally, tackling serious issues that transcend
slogans and simple solutions. <b>Occupy Redwood City</b> join <b>Occupy
San Jose</b> and <b>Occupy Palo Alto</b> in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day">Bastille
Day </a>commemoration/demonstration outside of San Mateo County
prison, which last week holds a &quot;ground-breaking&quot; for its
expansion. The groups are ticked that city councilors approve more
prison spending over community investments that would keep residents
out of jail in the first place.</p>
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<i><b>Former Assembly candidate Joseph Rosas of Occupy San Jose
speaks at the rally and calls out the county's “culture of
incarceration” <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/15/18717590.php">Indybay.org</a></b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Global :</b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;"><b>Occupy Central
(HK)</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> now apparently has two
weeks to answer HSBC Holdings (formerly HSBC) request of a judge that
they be removed from the plaza at the financial giant's headquarters.
The 50 or so occupy protesters who have set up shop (some literally)
at the location, say they will “study the court documents” and
likely stay put.</span><b> </b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-16/hsbc-asks-court-to-order-hong-kong-occupy-protesters-off.html"><i><b>Bloomberg</b></i></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Finally, a film that purports to
walk the line, right down the middle that is. Filmaker Gregory
Kallenberg, originally from Shreveport, LA tackles real-world issues
of energy and money, and the conflicting community interests that
surround them. Recently relocated from Brooklyn, Kallenberg examines
the discovery of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haynesville_Shale">Haynesville
Shale Deposit </a>and its impact on the lives of three Shreveport
residents : an African-American preacher, an environmental community
organizer, and an “old-time country boy” who stands to lose
ancestral land but gain riches. Kallenberg claims that his film
appeals to the “Rational Middle,” eschewing the both the rhetoric
of the Tea Party and the activism of Occupy.</b></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Nonetheless, the film causes
controversy, as its backing by Shell and Kallenberg's family's
industry ties are criticized. RP Siegel has a complete review of
“Rational Middle Energy Series” <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/07/tea-party-occupy-left-room-rational-middle/">triplepundit.com</a></b></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Submitted by <a href="mailto:m-bed@unionwebservices.com?subject=Inquiry">M-Bed</a> </b></i><i><b>for <a href="taxonomy/term/136/all">UWS Digital News</a></b></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>
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When
not showing up for near riots and prepping for the 2012 Olympics, a
favorite media pastime is debating/determining the status of the
occupy movement. Duke University Law professor Kyle Scott weighs in
with his own take, chiding occupiers for not running a slate.
Heraldsun.com

That didn't take long. No sooner does
the NYPD announce a “link” between a DNA trace retrieved from a
March Occupy protest and an unsolved 2004 murder, a day later comes
the retraction. As reported here yesterday, NY Times and mucho mas
outlets nearly fell over themselves publicizing the alleged “link”
to Occupy, offering up salacious headlines.

Today, they take it all back. "DNA
Match Tying Protest to 2004 Killing Is Doubted" NY
Times now
says. Dailybeast.com
goes further saying “Occupy Murder Mess Points to Problems With New
York’s DNA Database.”

Tragic story : Julliard student Sarah
Fox is found murdered in 2004 after disappearing while on a spring
run. Nearly 8 years later, headlines trumpet “DNA Said to Link
Occupy Wall St. Protest and 2004 Killing,” which for most will read
“Occupy Wall St. linked to 2004 killing.” It's a not-so-subtle
tactic. Do the facts matter? The DNA trace could have come from
anywhere, friend or killer. It matches the DNA found on the victim's
CD player. Is it possible the killer touched the CD player and was
present at the March 2012 Occupy action the trace was retrieved from?
Of course. Equally possible that the touch or match is coincidental.
But hey, if you can possibly suggest in mainstream outlets that occupiers are responsible for
a crime that took place nearly a decade before they existed, why not.
NY
Times

Summer's here, and the time is right
for dancing (fighting?) in the streets...or crashing a multi-million
dollar Super PAC party in the Hamptons. Such is the case for the
occupiers that show up at a Mitt bash thrown by fellow high-roller
and Knight of the One Percent, David Koch. The PAC party-crashers
make it to the sandy edge of Koch's ultra-private beachfront summer
manse before being met by a bevy of secret service and security
agents. Occupy chronologist Natasha Lennard givesdetails at Salon

With meetings wrapped up and a brighter
future mapped, Occupy heads North from Philly, at least the Guitarmy
does, with sometimes rocker/activist and ex-Rage Against the Machine
maestro Tom Morello at its head. Morello in his Rage salad days are
featured in the
video above. Details on the march are at philly.com,
blogger and tweeter Dustin Slaughter offers a broadcast (on occasion)
of the live event via ustream